Japan STA Program: Rapid Coal Pyrolysis for the Production of Coke

9415287 Saito该奖项支持为期12个月的科学技术厅 Hiroshi Saito博士获得日本博士后奖学金， 马萨诸塞州学院化学工程系 国家资源和环境研究所的技术和 日本筑波环境。 齐藤博士将与 Atsushi Inaba在能源部， 日本STA计划：快速煤炭 用于生产焦炭的热解。" 在铁的生产中，焦炭作为燃料， 试剂和粘合剂，通常由以下方法生产： 碳化优质煤 由于优质煤的消耗 供应，钢铁行业正在集中精力利用低 将煤分级以生产焦炭。 有限的理解， 劣质煤制优质焦的要求 尽管有经济动机，但仍限制了生产。 博士 斋藤和稻叶博士将进行热煤热解 使用热重分析仪（TGA）研究 压力和温度对热力学的影响 不同等级煤的降解动力学速率。 的 然后，研究小组将利用一个自由落体装置， 颗粒分布和大小，并模拟热 使用TGA实验的结果来分析降解。 的 该项目将提供动力学数据，传质数据， 低品位煤的模型，然后可以使用的 钢铁工业有效利用煤炭作为能源和原材料 物质资源 ***

9415287 Saito This award supports a 12-month Science and Technology Agency of Japan Postdoctoral Fellowship for Dr. Hiroshi Saito, Department of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at the National Institute for Resources and Environment, Tsukuba, Japan. Dr. Saito will work with Dr. Atsushi Inaba in the Energy Resources Department, on a research project entitled, "Japan STA Program: Rapid Coal Pyrolysis for the Production of Coke." In the production of iron, coke serves as fuel, reducing agent and binding agent and is usually produced by carbonizing premium coal. Due to depleting premium coal supplies, the iron industry is focusing on utilizing lower grade coals to produce coke. A limited understanding of the requirements for making good coke from lower grade coal restrains production despite economic motivations. Dr. Saito and Dr. Inaba will conduct thermal coal pyrolysis using a thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) to study the effects of pressure and temperature on the thermal degradation kinetic rates of various grades of coal. The team will then utilize a free-fall apparatus to examine particle distribution and size and to simulate thermal degradation using the results of the TGA experiments. The project will provide kinetics data, mass transfer data and models for low grade coals which can then be used by the iron industry to efficiently use coal as an energy and raw material resource. ***